Elderly woman of the Apatani ethnic group, known for the pieces of wood in their nose to make them less attractive to rival tribes, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, India, Asia

aged ancestory ancestry anthropology apa apatani arunachal asia asian attractive being beings congenial cultural culturally culture cultures custom customs day daylight daytime descent during east elder elderly elderly ethnic ethnologic ethnological ethnology exterior exteriors extraction female for friendly group head headdress headgear heads human humans in india indian indian indians indigenous known less likable likeable lineage local make minorities minority native natives nice nicely north nose noses of old older one outdoor people person personable persons photo photos pieces pleasant population populations portrait portraits pradesh rival separate separately shot shots single singly smile smiles smiling social social cultural socio socio cultural sympathy tani the their them to tradition traditional traditions tribe tribes winsome woman women wood ziro